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[Q] Need help with BRICK will donate for solution

I apologize for starting a new thread for this but I'm dying here! I have been reading all the bricked captivate tales of woe for 2 days straight and I have tried all the button combinations till my fingers feel like they are going to bleed. If somebody can help me with this mess I would gladly donate to the beer fund for their trouble.
This is my second go round with paperweight style captivate but I'm lost now. The first time I was visited by the phone-!-computer image but I had no problem getting it into download mode by removing battery,sim, and external sd then replacing battery holding down both volume buttons down (no power button) and inserting usb cable(odin one click was already running on my pc). I flashed back to stock twice with this method and no issues. The first time was to load cognition and the second time was after messing with some mods my phone started lagging horribly bad.
I guess I got a little cocky this last go round and was messing around with ninja morph(no issues there) then I loaded a market app called Galaxy S Tweaker. I made a few tweaks with the app and went to reboot, subsequently my phone will now get stuck on the white ATT boot screen.
As previously stated I have tried all variations of button combinations to no avail. The only 2 screens I see are the battery charging screen and this dreadful white AT&T screen.
Is there anything I can do to get my computer to recognize my phone and/or get into download mode.
Please and Thank You!!

Have you tried adb commands? Such as 'adb reboot download'
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775911
Try what's at the top and report back. Should work... otherwise there's the usb jig
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CB650 Wolf said:
Have you tried adb commands? Such as 'adb reboot download'
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I am having issues trying adb. I have everything installed but I think I made an error when updating my path and overwrote the existing text so that the only thing in the path is the location of adb. I get an error every time I try to run it

ronandi said:
Try what's at the top and report back. Should work... otherwise there's the usb jig
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I have tried several times I just end up going back and forth between the white screen with AT&T logo and the battery charging screen

micjenks said:
The first time I was visited by the phone-!-computer image but I had no problem getting it into download mode by removing battery,sim, and external sd then replacing battery holding down both volume buttons down (no power button) and inserting usb cable(odin one click was already running on my pc).
As previously stated I have tried all variations of button combinations to no avail. The only 2 screens I see are the battery charging screen and this dreadful white AT&T screen.
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What you did originally should work again, keep trying, if you had usb debugging enabled try the adb reboot download method. What error is adb giving you anyway?

uninstall the sdk completely. Reinstall it into a folder and do not move anything out of the folder. I keep mine in C:/Users\[user name]\sdk.

Hey there, im pretty new to Android myself and had a very similar issue :S
It seems like you have lost your three button combo, which was exactly what happened to my poor Captivate, the "USB jig" was the only method I found that could put my phone in to download mode, if you search the forums there is a pretty decent walk through on how to do it!
Basically, as long as you have some skill with a soldering iron and a micro USB cable to cut up you can do it pretty quickly. I bought the resistors from a local computer store (you need 301k resistance) and used a scalpel to cut the plastic from the end of the cable, then soldered the resistors to the 4th and 5th pins in series. Once you have done that, plug the cable in to your computer and fire up Odin, the connect your Cappy and presto, download mode!
Honestly when I saw the instructions to build the jig I was skeptical, but since I exhausted every other option first (and had already voided my warranty obviously) I decided to give it a shot and it worked like a charm!
Give it a try and let us know how it goes!

CB650 Wolf said:
uninstall the sdk completely. Reinstall it into a folder and do not move anything out of the folder. I keep mine in C:/Users\[user name]\sdk.
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should I remove it from the environmental variables path first and then replace it? do I need to remove it from eclipse as well before I reinstall it?
ADB keeps telling me device not found

Try a different usb port, preferably ones at the back of the motherboard.

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Try a different usb port, preferably ones at the back of the motherboard.
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I have done that, initially I had to move to the back to get it to work with odin
Edit: Can anyone link me to the solder jig how to? I found the solder-less i-go thread but wanted to look at both before I head off to radio shack and potentially the liquor store depending on how this goes..... going back to my BlackBerry sounds about as appetizing as a warm bath and razor blades. I've had my Captivate for 2 weeks and I'm already spoiled on Android goodness

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872476
This is the solder-less method, however the only difference is that in the above thread, he didn't use solder to connect the resistors, it should work exactly the same! Otherwise you can simply solder the resistors in series to the exact same spots and you are good to go

Ok well I am off to radio shack to test my luck with this. will report back with the results...... wife has already informed me there is no way in hell I am buying another one so pray for me lol

Rofl well in that case my prayers are with you! If you need any help with it feel free to PM me.

ugh I have to go back to radio shack.... one of the wires broke off while stripping it, I tried touching the resistors to it anyway but it's not working so I am going to give it another shot. If that doesn't work I ordered one from norcal einstein..... this sucks!

micjenks said:
ugh I have to go back to radio shack.... one of the wires broke off while stripping it, I tried touching the resistors to it anyway but it's not working so I am going to give it another shot. If that doesn't work I ordered one from norcal einstein..... this sucks!
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Although mine has never been this bad, the fear of it happening has always been in the forefront of my mind.
Your wife sounds alot like mine. In that case, much good luck coming your way from here.
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LOL I have been pushing my luck a bit lately considering I got a BlackBerry Torch in August (Piece of Sh*t). I have been developing BlackBerry themes for the last 2 years and am transitioning to Android.... gonna be hard without an operational device lol

Did you get everything to make your jig?
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I believe so.... trying to peel this damn silicone stuff off without ripping any wires off this time(got a spare igo adapter this time just in case)

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It ain't Purdy but it's B-E-A-UTIFUL!!!!!

Skyrocket randomly restarts and vibrates at 2 second intervals?

This has been happening for a few days now, the phone turns off and endlessly vibrates until I pull the battery, and then it does it again and again but it'll work for a few hours before it happens again... I've tried different roms but its still happening and it's getting very frustrating

does it do it on stock? And are you over clocked?
CM9 Skyrocket

droid512 said:
does it do it on stock? And are you over clocked?
CM9 Skyrocket
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I'm back on gingerbread now cuz ICS was unstable and im not overclocked

Sounds like a stuck power button. There is a thread on this somewhere
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mindmajick said:
Sounds like a stuck power button. There is a thread on this somewhere
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You mean like physically? Seems fine the phone just starts doing it randomly while it's just sitting on the bed. Right now it's not even turning on at all no matter what I try :/

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Here is one example:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801226
I know there is a good one that goes through the logic of it... but the symptoms seem the same.
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It's in download mode now, I'm going to try downloading stock Rogers ICS and see if the problem persists, if it does I still have 5 months of warranty so hopefully that'll be covered

Ok. You can try jamming on the power button repeatedly too...
Good luck!
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Looks like the skyrocket's done for good.. I'm going to take it in to the store tomorrow but what do you think they'll say when they fix it and find out it's rooted?

SGS2X said:
Looks like the skyrocket's done for good.. I'm going to take it in to the store tomorrow but what do you think they'll say when they fix it and find out it's rooted?
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EDIT: Is there any way to get my files off the internal SD without being able to turn the phone on? can't get into download mode or recovery because the phone just turns off 3-4 seconds in

SGS2X said:
EDIT: Is there any way to get my files off the internal SD without being able to turn the phone on? can't get into download mode or recovery because the phone just turns off 3-4 seconds in
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no.
try this test, when it goes through the bootloop, keep the power button depressed w/out releasing it and see if it displays the same charactersistics as your bootloops, also count the seconds each situation has, if they are the same then the problem is the sticky power button

As posted earlier, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801226
It's the power button that is messed up, hands-down.
Try and try and try and sooner or later you'll probably get it. I could care less about the phone as I have a replacement coming, but I wanted to get my data off of it.
Open up you're phone if you're comfortable and mess with the power button directly some, either you're going to fix it long enough to get your data or break it completely...doesn't really matter at this point.
Just put the battery in and right after the phone vibrates hold the power button and see how lucky you are at getting it to last the full 8+ seconds instead of the usual 2 before it reboots and vibrates.
Once you get it working, don't touch that *****. As gently as possible, set it down and get your USB in, turn on Mass USB and debugging and copy your stuff. Put the timeout to the max or download an app so you don't have to touch the power button ever and just touch the screen every once in awhile if you don't have an app. Don't forget to reset your flash counter and reflash stock ODIN if you're rooted or on anything custom (Use ADB to reboot through all this)
Honestly...I let my phone restart on its own for a total of like 8 hours (I didn't care and honestly hoped it burnt up or something and was completely fried) and I watched it for a good chunk of the time and it never booted up on its own. After I took it apart twice and beat the hell out of the power button a good while I finally got it to work.
Repeatedly mashing it after 'attempting' to clean it and then pulling the battery/reinserting and seeing if it worked is how I finally got mine.
Now it's just a paper weight till the new one comes.
Edit: I find it weird that a lot more of these problems are popping up. I noticed a bunch of threads on various sites towards the end of June that had popped up and now some are here too recently. I guess the Skyrocket's cheap-feeling Power Button is indeed...cheap.

It isn't the power button. I posted this problem months ago and took it in to a device center. It was actually a battery issue where it connects into the phone. The charge going into the phone doesn't stick, causing it to flicker power and thus restart constantly. They never ended up getting my old one to turn on and never saw it was rooted and what not. Ended up just giving me a refurbished one.
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aceownstheworld said:
It isn't the power button. I posted this problem months ago and took it in to a device center. It was actually a battery issue where it connects into the phone. The charge going into the phone doesn't stick, causing it to flicker power and thus restart constantly. They never ended up getting my old one to turn on and never saw it was rooted and what not. Ended up just giving me a refurbished one.
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well if it never turns on, then its not the sticky power button problem, the sticky power button has a reboot symptom at a consistent interval

hd2k10 said:
As posted earlier, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801226
It's the power button that is messed up, hands-down.
Try and try and try and sooner or later you'll probably get it. I could care less about the phone as I have a replacement coming, but I wanted to get my data off of it.
Open up you're phone if you're comfortable and mess with the power button directly some, either you're going to fix it long enough to get your data or break it completely...doesn't really matter at this point.
Just put the battery in and right after the phone vibrates hold the power button and see how lucky you are at getting it to last the full 8+ seconds instead of the usual 2 before it reboots and vibrates.
Once you get it working, don't touch that *****. As gently as possible, set it down and get your USB in, turn on Mass USB and debugging and copy your stuff. Put the timeout to the max or download an app so you don't have to touch the power button ever and just touch the screen every once in awhile if you don't have an app. Don't forget to reset your flash counter and reflash stock ODIN if you're rooted or on anything custom (Use ADB to reboot through all this)
Honestly...I let my phone restart on its own for a total of like 8 hours (I didn't care and honestly hoped it burnt up or something and was completely fried) and I watched it for a good chunk of the time and it never booted up on its own. After I took it apart twice and beat the hell out of the power button a good while I finally got it to work.
Repeatedly mashing it after 'attempting' to clean it and then pulling the battery/reinserting and seeing if it worked is how I finally got mine.
Now it's just a paper weight till the new one comes.
Edit: I find it weird that a lot more of these problems are popping up. I noticed a bunch of threads on various sites towards the end of June that had popped up and now some are here too recently. I guess the Skyrocket's cheap-feeling Power Button is indeed...cheap.
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Alright, I will definitely try and try until the phone turns on before taking it into the store. This has actually been happening for a few days now but I didn't really care too much because I was really busy and I thought since it turns on after a few tries, I'll just take the files off and return it to stock later. Also, yesterday someone gave the suggestion of repeatedly jamming the power button and that actually worked twice but after that it never worked again.
Is it possible to remove the back and fix the power button without voiding the warranty (are there any stickers)?
EDIT: I have it disassembled right now, what exactly should I do to the power button? I tried clicking it a few times and blowing at it nd I put the battery in but still the same thing
EDIT 2: Umm what looks to be the litmus paper on the inside is red.. the phone has never come in contact with water so how is this possible..
EDIT 3: Every housing I've seen online (4-5) has a red square on the housing so I'm guessing it comes in red by default? Either way I'm taking it to Rogers right now, they said I could have a refurbished for 35 or I can just repair this one so I'm just going to repair it and hopefully the files will be preserved.
My only concern.. the phone running Juggernaut 5 right now LOL and the internal SD is full of rom zips and kernels so hopefully they don't look at that, or don't care. Once they repair the phone, what can they really do tho? Break it again nd send it back? haha

SGS2X said:
Alright, I will definitely try and try until the phone turns on before taking it into the store. This has actually been happening for a few days now but I didn't really care too much because I was really busy and I thought since it turns on after a few tries, I'll just take the files off and return it to stock later. Also, yesterday someone gave the suggestion of repeatedly jamming the power button and that actually worked twice but after that it never worked again.
Is it possible to remove the back and fix the power button without voiding the warranty (are there any stickers)?
EDIT: I have it disassembled right now, what exactly should I do to the power button? I tried clicking it a few times and blowing at it nd I put the battery in but still the same thing
EDIT 2: Umm what looks to be the litmus paper on the inside is red.. the phone has never come in contact with water so how is this possible..
EDIT 3: Every housing I've seen online (4-5) has a red square on the housing so I'm guessing it comes in red by default? Either way I'm taking it to Rogers right now, they said I could have a refurbished for 35 or I can just repair this one so I'm just going to repair it and hopefully the files will be preserved.
My only concern.. the phone running Juggernaut 5 right now LOL and the internal SD is full of rom zips and kernels so hopefully they don't look at that, or don't care. Once they repair the phone, what can they really do tho? Break it again nd send it back? haha
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I would just fiddle with the power hoping for the best.
As far as your roms go, I doubt it'll be a problem. A) They're not going to get the phone to turn on anyway. They're probably just going to repair the button and reflash before they even check anything. Either way, like you said, the worst case is they find it but you already have your replacement...maybe they'll try charging you the phone, throw a hassle and offer to cancel your service and tell them to send you your "unwarranteed phone" and the button repair bill and they can have theirs back. I don't seem them getting you for it. All they might do is check the flash counter which probably hasn't been tripped if you didn't use a bad ODIN.

Juggernaut 5
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i never seen this rom, where did u get it, is it for the skyrocket, if not could be your prob

hd2k10 said:
I would just fiddle with the power hoping for the best.
As far as your roms go, I doubt it'll be a problem. A) They're not going to get the phone to turn on anyway. They're probably just going to repair the button and reflash before they even check anything. Either way, like you said, the worst case is they find it but you already have your replacement...maybe they'll try charging you the phone, throw a hassle and offer to cancel your service and tell them to send you your "unwarranteed phone" and the button repair bill and they can have theirs back. I don't seem them getting you for it. All they might do is check the flash counter which probably hasn't been tripped if you didn't use a bad ODIN.
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i never seen this rom, where did u get it, is it for the skyrocket, if not could be your prob
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Flash counter is at 0, I checked when I managed to get into Download mode before it stopped working altogether. Juggernaut 5 is a rom for the Hercules (T989) and that's not the problem, I've used it before and I only flashed it after the problem started because I thought ICS was the problem, but it stayed even after flashing Juggernaut.

so what did u end up doing, fool around w/the power button or did u bring it in

s2 skyrocket doesnt turn on and vibrates! please help :/

Hello
Please help me!
i have the s2 skyrocket I727 from at&t
today my s2 turned off while there was about 30% of bettery life
and it started to vibrate every 3-5 seconds
i took out the battery and put it back then the phone turned on with the samsung logo, then another samsung logo appeared
and it turned off again and started to vibrate
i tried to connect it to a charger but it didn't help...
how can i fix it, or is it possible to fix at all?
my s2 has the original OS that was installed by at&t but it was rooted
i got the phone from at&t but i don't live in the usa so i can't reach their labs
thanks in advance

rinaf said:
Hello
Please help me!
i have the s2 skyrocket I727 from at&t
today my s2 turned off while there was about 30% of bettery life
and it started to vibrate every 3-5 seconds
i took out the battery and put it back then the phone turned on with the samsung logo, then another samsung logo appeared
and it turned off again and started to vibrate
i tried to connect it to a charger but it didn't help...
how can i fix it, or is it possible to fix at all?
my s2 has the original OS that was installed by at&t but it was rooted
i got the phone from at&t but i don't live in the usa so i can't reach their labs
thanks in advance
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What process did you use to root?
Did this begin to occur immediately after rooting? Or did the phone function for awhile first?
Are you certain you did not try to flash a rom?
Seems like a simple boot loop. Can you get into recovery mode or download mode?
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If it starts by itself after you reinsert the battery, you have a stuck power button.
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Datron said:
What process did you use to root?
Did this begin to occur immediately after rooting? Or did the phone function for awhile first?
Are you certain you did not try to flash a rom?
Seems like a simple boot loop. Can you get into recovery mode or download mode?
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a friend did the root for me so i dont know what proccess he used, but he did it in march and i didnt had any problems sicne than
and i didnt try to do flash the rom ,i dont know how do to it...
i tried to call and the phone just went off.
i tried to press the power and vol buttons to go to the recovery mode but nothing happens

its a sticky power button, go to the 1 stop link in my sig, in the info section there are a few links on that issue, you can also search this forum w/the terms "sticky power button"

100% stuck power button. Try searching first next time.
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This happened to me over the weekend. Phone was working fine, and then spontaneously reboot. It would then display the Samsung logo, start to boot, and then start to boot into the rom but restart. This repeated infinitely. I would pull the battery and reinsert and it would start without me holding the power button.
I am occasionally able to boot into recovery mode. I tried wiping all kinds of cache/etc. Several times, I would be able to chose a few options, but then the phone would reboot into the loop. Last night, I was able to get so far as to re-flash an earlier CyanogenMod nightly. This was successful, and I was then able to boot fully. Once I did that, I installed the update to the stable CM10 rom, which was also successful. I had about 3-4 hours of uptime total before the phone did it again. This is extremely frustrating.
My phone is about a year or so old, give or take a month, maybe. It has normal wear; I have dropped it a handful of times, and not recently. I do not use a case. As I mentioned, I have been running CM10.
If the issue is a stuck power button, is my only real option to take it to an ATT store? I do not have insurance. Obviously I have voided the warranty, but if I can go back to stock and reset the flash counter, will I be able to get a new phone? I am not concerned with the data that is on the phone as it is all stored in the cloud. I just need to be able to make/check calls/e-mails/texts, etc. Luckily I have it set to my google voice number, so I have made temporary arrangements, but this cannot continue. How is it possible that Samsung manufactured this phone so poorly that the power button doesn't even last a full year?

The power button is stuck, clean it out bro
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xcrazydx said:
The power button is stuck, clean it out bro
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How?

saluja04 said:
How?
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Take the phone apart
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xcrazydx said:
Take the phone apart
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Have you done this? If so, do you have instructions? I've never taken it apart, and I don't want to risk anything.

saluja04 said:
Have you done this? If so, do you have instructions? I've never taken it apart, and I don't want to risk anything.
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Yeah it's simple. Use Google search. There's a thread for replacing the screen. Just use the beginning steps of that to get the case off.
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saluja04 said:
Have you done this? If so, do you have instructions? I've never taken it apart, and I don't want to risk anything.
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all the info u need is in the 1 stop sticky, read my friend, read

vincom said:
all the info u need is in the 1 stop sticky, read my friend, read
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Thanks, Vincom. I have read/watched all three of the links. Most of the discussion centered around sending the phone in for repair--other than that, none seem to have offered a long term solution. I contacted AT&T and found out my phone is out of warranty as of November 26th. Awesome. AT&T told me to contact Samsung. Samsung tried to convince me that it is a software issue. I suggested it may be the power button but I don't think the guy agreed. In any case, he said I could send it in to Samsung for free and they would look at it.
I will probably do this as soon as I can find a spare phone to use while my skyrocket is in the shop.
@Vincom, much props to you for your help in the other threads. Have you heard much about people working with Samsung for this kind of issue?
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Wanted to add: I don't necessarily mind opening up the phone and messing with the power button, but as I've never done it before, and there don't seem to be clear instructions on specifically what to do to get it back into working shape. I am a bit scared to try it, particularly if it irreversibly voids any warranty I might have with Samsung. However, if that is the best solution (and it will definitely do the job) I will definitely give it a try.

the pic below the green arrow is pointing to the power button which is that little white rectangle, it moves in and out, look around it to see if it is dirty, press it repeadetly to free it up, others have used compressed air, used alcohol to clean the button, even soaking it in alcohol
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Success!
I followed vincom's and xcrazydx's (thank you both so much) instructions and took the phone apart, cleaned everything out as best I could, and put it back together again with (hopefully) minimal damage. The phone now boots fully! I will post in a few days or so about the uptime, but so far, all seems good. In the past I was able to get a few hours of uptime; so far I've rebooted it several times and have now had it up fully for about a half hour.
To future newbies like me facing the 2-second-vibrate-boot-cycle-stuck-power-button problem, prepare to get your hands dirty:
Tools:
- size 0 Phillips screwdriver (I used a flathead screwdriver I had from a eye-glass repair kit bought from the CVS/drugstore for like $3)
- canned air duster with tube
- que-tips?
- paperclip or other small tool to dislodge dust (I used an earwax removal tool that came with my earbud headphones)
- paint scraper/ruler/credit card - anything to pry open the phone
1) Pull the battery so that it stops vibrating
2) Unscrew the seven small screws that hold the case together
3) Using the scraper/ruler/credit card to pry the phone apart at the bezel. Follow instructional videos on Youtube that describe how to replace the screen (h/t xcrazydx for this tip). I used a metal letter opener and left scores around the bezel. This only got me so far. It took me a while to actually pry it apart (I suppose that's a good thing); in the end I used a credit card with a soft plastic sleeve around it (specifically a Datawatch ID entry fob card).
4) Using canned air/que-tips, remove as much dust as you can from both the exterior case and the circuit board. For me, a lot of it was caked on to the case, so I used the earwax removal tool. A small paperclip may work, but be careful not to scratch any components
5) Following vincom's diagram, carefully remove the power button from the bezel. The button is held in place by two hooks that surround plastic pins on either side of the opening. Be very careful not to break either the hooks or the pins! When they said the power button was flimsy, I am guessing this is what they are referring to; I cannot repeat how easy it is to break the hooks especially
6) Test the power button to make sure it's not stuck.
7) After replacing any buttons you might have removed (power or volume), replace the casing and screw everything back in. You should be good to go.
Hopefully I don't have to do all that again. That was the first time I'd ever really taken apart something like this. It was pretty straightforward.
Hopefully all that helps.

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I followed vincom's and xcrazydx's (thank you both so much) instructions and took the phone apart, cleaned everything out as best I could, and put it back together again with (hopefully) minimal damage. The phone now boots fully! I will post in a few days or so about the uptime, but so far, all seems good. In the past I was able to get a few hours of uptime; so far I've rebooted it several times and have now had it up fully for about a half hour.
To future newbies like me facing the 2-second-vibrate-boot-cycle-stuck-power-button problem, prepare to get your hands dirty:
Tools:
- size 0 Phillips screwdriver (I used a flathead screwdriver I had from a eye-glass repair kit bought from the CVS/drugstore for like $3)
- canned air duster with tube
- que-tips?
- paperclip or other small tool to dislodge dust (I used an earwax removal tool that came with my earbud headphones)
- paint scraper/ruler/credit card - anything to pry open the phone
1) Pull the battery so that it stops vibrating
2) Unscrew the seven small screws that hold the case together
3) Using the scraper/ruler/credit card to pry the phone apart at the bezel. Follow instructional videos on Youtube that describe how to replace the screen (h/t xcrazydx for this tip). I used a metal letter opener and left scores around the bezel. This only got me so far. It took me a while to actually pry it apart (I suppose that's a good thing); in the end I used a credit card with a soft plastic sleeve around it (specifically a Datawatch ID entry fob card).
4) Using canned air/que-tips, remove as much dust as you can from both the exterior case and the circuit board. For me, a lot of it was caked on to the case, so I used the earwax removal tool. A small paperclip may work, but be careful not to scratch any components
5) Following vincom's diagram, carefully remove the power button from the bezel. The button is held in place by two hooks that surround plastic pins on either side of the opening. Be very careful not to break either the hooks or the pins! When they said the power button was flimsy, I am guessing this is what they are referring to; I cannot repeat how easy it is to break the hooks especially
6) Test the power button to make sure it's not stuck.
7) After replacing any buttons you might have removed (power or volume), replace the casing and screw everything back in. You should be good to go.
Hopefully I don't have to do all that again. That was the first time I'd ever really taken apart something like this. It was pretty straightforward.
Hopefully all that helps.
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Bad news
After the operation a few days ago, I thought i was in good shape. However the problem recurred last night. I am now not certain the issue is a sticky power button. Or at least, I don't believe the issue is dust.
I think my only recourse is to send it into Samsung. Does anyone know if I need to flash to stock before I do? Do you think they will care that I've opened it up? Alternatively I might try to talk to AT&T and try to convince them to help me out. I've been with them since before Cingular and am on a family plan with five lines. I'd be upset if they didn't recognize my loyalty.

saluja04 said:
After the operation a few days ago, I thought i was in good shape. However the problem recurred last night. I am now not certain the issue is a sticky power button. Or at least, I don't believe the issue is dust.
I think my only recourse is to send it into Samsung. Does anyone know if I need to flash to stock before I do? Do you think they will care that I've opened it up? Alternatively I might try to talk to AT&T and try to convince them to help me out. I've been with them since before Cingular and am on a family plan with five lines. I'd be upset if they didn't recognize my loyalty.
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Yes, return to stock!
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xcrazydx said:
Yes, return to stock!
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This may be a problem as the issue is persistent. I will call Samsung and have them get the process started. If by the time I have to mail it I can't get the phone back to stock, I may have to just send it as is. Hopefully I'm not SOL.

Phone power downs randomly, then...

So i've recently come back again with an issue i had before with my S2 where i had an issue of it randomly shutting off then vibrate. Back then i just restock to ATT and made sure the power button wasn't stuck. It wasn't happening for a while until just yesterday. [ I did go back to Jellybean after the problem stopped happening as well]
Now currently i've restock back to ATT 2.3 /
So now im almost positive it isn't my battery because once that problem started happening [still stocked] again. Also it would randomly shut off when im and listening to music with headphones and emit a high freq. pitch and the LED camera was flashing when it vibrated as well. Its also very hard to get it back to recovery/download mode but i can and also just starting it up again with the power button and i have to also take out the battery as well .
So so far i've gone back ATT with Odin, and was wondering if someone could help me.

You restored to stock 2.3? Gingerbread? I've only experienced this when uninstalling apps on jellybean, particularly apps with root access. Will do a hot boot. Likely because the system is not mounting or unmounting properly during process. I assume. Never once have I experienced this on any ICS Rom. Try Sky ICS or Embryo 5.x.x Rom. They're both pretty stable.
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aliysared said:
So i've recently come back again with an issue i had before with my S2 where i had an issue of it randomly shutting off then vibrate. Back then i just restock to ATT and made sure the power button wasn't stuck. It wasn't happening for a while until just yesterday. [ I did go back to Jellybean after the problem stopped happening as well]
Now currently i've restock back to ATT 2.3 /
So now im almost positive it isn't my battery because once that problem started happening [still stocked] again. Also it would randomly shut off when im and listening to music with headphones and emit a high freq. pitch and the LED camera was flashing when it vibrated as well. Its also very hard to get it back to recovery/download mode but i can and also just starting it up again with the power button and i have to also take out the battery as well .
So so far i've gone back ATT with Odin, and was wondering if someone could help me.
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Can you get me a copy of the info tag under the battery please? There was a series (which I had 3 of) that had the same hardware issue that you are experiencing. I'm not near my SR of the series, but will look when I get home and post. It is however an issue that AT&T and Samsung are aware of. AT&T gave me a GS III due to the issue.

risondi 1650
Edit: I see!

aliysared said:
Sure:
Model: sgh-i727
fcc id: a3LSGHi727
Rated 3.7 1500ma
IMEI:
S/N : R2CBA64411R
SKU: 65319
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Well that looks like it was from a different batch. Same factory but different batch. Most likely you have the same hardware issue I had. My recommendation is to contact AT&T via PHONE, not the international line. You don't want warranty dept. Tell them that you are on a Sky Rocket, and that this is your "x" one that was under warranty, and that all "x" of them have failed under the same known hardware issue. The options you will have are either get a replacement, file under any extended warranty you purchased, OR you can tell them that it is unacceptable, and you would like a different device. They cannot offer you a note, note 2 or any of the iphones. I opted for the S III, and have been happy ever since.

Just so you know it is not the best idea to post you're IMEI publicly.

hechoen said:
Just so you know it is not the best idea to post you're IMEI publicly.
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man now i cant even remove it from the other users qoute, but i think i found out it is the powerbutton because when i eventual am able to boot up my phone, if i press the powerbutton to wake up it , it then a few seconds later will shut down randomly and start vibrating with either the flash or no flash at all [camera LED] also it seems like my phone was wet and the power button is not stuck because i opened up the entire phone and its still clickable with no problems.

aliysared said:
man now i cant even remove it from the other users qoute, but i think i found out it is the powerbutton because when i eventual am able to boot up my phone, if i press the powerbutton to wake up it , it then a few seconds later will shut down randomly and start vibrating with either the flash or no flash at all [camera LED] also it seems like my phone was wet and the power button is not stuck because i opened up the entire phone and its still clickable with no problems.
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Done did, well get a dental pick (not a tooth pick) and gently clean around the edges of the power button. When you do get it powered back up, make a backup to your sd card, JUST IN CASE you need to send it back to sammy.

I dunno if I'm having something similar happen. My phone was working completely normally (CM 10). Working this AM ok, I pull up an email, and then it shuts off, tries rebooting, the Samsung logo comes up, I get a brief flash on the screen (sometimes just a single line that varies in position on the screen) and then it keeps vibrating. Never had this happen before....and of course it happens as I am at the airport without my laptop to try and put it into download mode...I can't even get it into recovery. Ugh!
Any thoughts?

jslanger said:
I dunno if I'm having something similar happen. My phone was working completely normally (CM 10). Working this AM ok, I pull up an email, and then it shuts off, tries rebooting, the Samsung logo comes up, I get a brief flash on the screen (sometimes just a single line that varies in position on the screen) and then it keeps vibrating. Never had this happen before....and of course it happens as I am at the airport without my laptop to try and put it into download mode...I can't even get it into recovery. Ugh!
Any thoughts?
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sticky power button, 1stop sticky has a few links for that problem

Or take the phone apart and clean it. Its not hard like 6 00 screws and a box cutter then its really easy to clean.
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Thx. I did take it apart. Luckily I had a micro screwdriver for glasses with me, since I am out of town. Took the board off, blew into it, pressed the button a bunch, etc. Seems to be working now.
Sounds like this is not an uncommon problem though. Makes me wonder about the quality of the parts... This phone is just over a year old, and has always had a case on it (though I do keep it in a pocket so there could be some lint working its way in).
I am a novice at taking this phone apart, and I managed to do it with the following:
An old laminated Blockbuster video card
A hotel door key
A glasses flathead screwdriver.
So if you are nervous about taking it apart, don't worry... It's not hard.
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[HELP] Power Button broken/stuck

I tried searching. Didn't find any other thread for a broken button.
So I was using my phone normally, until today morning. Suddenly the power button got stuck up.(is what i can diagnose out of it).
It keeps restarting to google logo , animation comes up, and then back again.(~8 seconds)
Im rooted and on a custom rom.
I have my phone in warranty, but the bootloader is unlocked, and custom romed.
So, what I wanted to ask is, can I go to a service center and be okay with it?
P.S: Im from India

Try pressing the power button firmly and see if it loosens up? If it's just the power button which is stuck, then I don't think the unlocked bootloader will matter... If it's broken, then you will have to pay for it irrespective of the bootloader being locked or unlocked.
However, since it's LG (India), nothing can be certain.. Here's an email I had got from them when I had asked them about unlocking/rooting:
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vin4yak said:
Try pressing the power button firmly and see if it loosens up? If it's just the power button which is stuck, then I don't think the unlocked bootloader will matter... If it's broken, then you will have to pay for it irrespective of the bootloader being locked or unlocked.
However, since it's LG (India), nothing can be certain.. Here's an email I had got from them when I had asked them about unlocking/rooting:
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I tried. Now its doing nothing.
But when i plug it into the charger, it just keeps doing the same thing and that padlock symbol.
Seriously, no warranty?
Its a hardware fault, right?
And what are the lockup to broken possibilities?
a 6 month old phone.

Reflash stock factory images followed by locking your boot loader through fastboot.
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frictionbuster said:
I tried. Now its doing nothing.
But when i plug it into the charger, it just keeps doing the same thing and that padlock symbol.
Seriously, no warranty?
Its a hardware fault, right?
And what are the lockup to broken possibilities?
a 6 month old phone.
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Well, there's nothing you can do other than sending it in to LG. Try holding the power button for 20-30 seconds and see if it switches off? and then try to boot it?
When you unlock/root there's always a possibility of getting screwed (even though this hardware issue isn't related to unlocking). Take it to the nearest LG Service outlet and hope for the best. Since it's just the power button which is at fault, I think they might cover it! :fingers-crossed:
That's why I always lock the bootloader after I'm done flashing via the bootunlocker app. You can lock/unlock the bootloader without wiping data!
1c3_5n0w said:
Reflash stock factory images followed by locking your boot loader through fastboot.
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The power button is stuck, his phone is rebooting constantly! How can he flash factory images while his device reboots??

vin4yak said:
Well, there's nothing you can do other than sending it in to LG. Try holding the power button for 20-30 seconds and see if it switches off? and then try to boot it?
When you unlock/root there's always a possibility of getting screwed (even though this hardware issue isn't related to unlocking). Take it to the nearest LG Service outlet and hope for the best. Since it's just the power button which is at fault, I think they might cover it! :fingers-crossed:
That's why I always lock the bootloader after I'm done flashing via the bootunlocker app. You can lock/unlock the bootloader without wiping data!
The power button is stuck, his phone is rebooting constantly! How can he flash factory images while his device reboots??
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:'(
Should i wait for a few days?
and thanks vin4yak for the help.
Is there a possibility that something stuck up in between?
Dirt or some particle?
And, if its broken, how much will it cost me?
Thanks.

Try a service center, tell them the button stucked and you have unlocked bootloader, then ask them will they repair your phone under warranty if they do then ask for a repair. If they do not repair it under warranty then ask them for the price. It must be cheap for unstuck the power button. If you think that price is too much for you then disasdemble the phone and fix power button.
If the guys at the service centre know nexus 5 then they should repair it under warranty.
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frictionbuster said:
:'(
Should i wait for a few days?
and thanks vin4yak for the help.
Is there a possibility that something stuck up in between?
Dirt or some particle?
And, if its broken, how much will it cost me?
Thanks.
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You could wait and see if it sorts out?? Possibilities are always there of something like that happening... It's best you show it to a professional (LG SC). No idea about the pricing. Contact LG and get a quote.
Did you buy your phone via play store? If so, you could contact google and see what they have to say about this.

vin4yak said:
You could wait and see if it sorts out?? Possibilities are always there of something like that happening... It's best you show it to a professional (LG SC). No idea about the pricing. Contact LG and get a quote.
Did you buy your phone via play store? If so, you could contact google and see what they have to say about this.
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Yes. I,m waiting for a day or two.
And trying.
Nope. I bought it from a normal retailer.
So no chance of Google / Google warranty.
Ill go first to the LG SC and see what they say.
Update: I give a few thumps, on the power button side, using my hand, the button seems to release. Phone tries to boot. and then the button goes back down again.
Hope this is just some dust or a particle of some sort. No damage

frictionbuster said:
Yes. I,m waiting for a day or two.
And trying.
Nope. I bought it from a normal retailer.
So no chance of Google / Google warranty.
Ill go first to the LG SC and see what they say.
Update: I give a few thumps, on the power button side, using my hand, the button seems to release. Phone tries to boot. and then the button goes back down again.
Hope this is just some dust or a particle of some sort. No damage
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Okay. This is amazing.
Today it started working normally. So i flashed stock and locked the bl using the toolkit.
Although I can't feel the problem, I'm gonna go the SC for making sure what that was.
Thanks everyone. Appreciated.

frictionbuster said:
Okay. This is amazing.
Today it started working normally. So i flashed stock and locked the bl using the toolkit.
Although I can't feel the problem, I'm gonna go the SC for making sure what that was.
Thanks everyone. Appreciated.
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I had this issue at one point. I fixed it when I was trying to take out one of the screws and my drill hit the phone side and popped it back into place. Who knew.
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I had this problem twice, and when I opened the back cover it fixed itself like magic. Yesterday I had it again and no luck so far.
I open the phone up to check the internal button, and if "feels" normal. But it's stuck.
Why is this soldered to the mother board? It's such a simple problem and I may have to get a new phone because of it.

I had this happen to my volume rocker. I eventually hit it and pressed it enough that it fixed itself.

I got mine to work again just throwing it several times on my bed hahaha
I'm kinda scared to use the power button now... using software for that now

Febag92 said:
I had this problem twice, and when I opened the back cover it fixed itself like magic. Yesterday I had it again and no luck so far.
I open the phone up to check the internal button, and if "feels" normal. But it's stuck.
Why is this soldered to the mother board? It's such a simple problem and I may have to get a new phone because of it.
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Same thing. After I flashed stock, locked the bootloader, the button got stuck again.
Thankfully, I had copied my data and wiped my phone completely.
Went to the service center, and they asked me to submit my phone.
Luck, is the only word appropriate here.

bumping this thread a little bit, my N5 has started showing signs of a sticky power button,just a minute ago I felt it constantly vibrate in my pocket but no sound and when I checked, it was bootlooping... tapped the power button quite hard a few times and now it boots, ain't the first time it happened either, once it took me one full day to get it back to normal.
Is this something that happens only to the first phones? I know that the rattling was fixed at some point in production but mine has it so its one of the first to come out of the factory. What about fixing it myself? or how does warranty work with nexus devices? I bought it from a retailer in Finland that imported them from germany (possibly straight from play store) and the retailer has since gone out of business, is my 24month warranty still valid if the store that issued it is gone?

Notn4 said:
bumping this thread a little bit, my N5 has started showing signs of a sticky power button,just a minute ago I felt it constantly vibrate in my pocket but no sound and when I checked, it was bootlooping... tapped the power button quite hard a few times and now it boots, ain't the first time it happened either, once it took me one full day to get it back to normal.
Is this something that happens only to the first phones? I know that the rattling was fixed at some point in production but mine has it so its one of the first to come out of the factory. What about fixing it myself? or how does warranty work with nexus devices? I bought it from a retailer in Finland that imported them from germany (possibly straight from play store) and the retailer has since gone out of business, is my 24month warranty still valid if the store that issued it is gone?
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Hard to say. Mine is a day 1 device and has never had this issue not has it rattled. Also you can still get rattling devices so it doesn't look like they've fixed it at all
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Just stop it from rattling by your favourite method, be it paper, um blutack, um anyways noone will know
Ten min cutoff app.

power button removed - need to power on device
I have a question, same problem as dozens and dozens are having with the nexus 5 power button. I had looked around for fixes and came across a workaround for a galaxy s3. remove the 4mm power switch and turn the phone on by holding volume down and plugging the usb cable in. then from the recovery screen hit cancel (reboot) and the phone started up. then there are many apps that allow locking and unlocking of screen without the use of a power button.
...so I removed my power switch, which was the cause of the problem and plugged the phone in with down pressed and VOILA! I was in...or so i thought. I cannot select any option from that menu without a power button. Next i tried to flash a blank .tar file with auto reboot checked even though odin didnt give a com port. When I connected it to my pc it started to install drivers for it, I thought that was a good sign so i opened up ADB and tried to reboot from there, but it didnt pick up the device. (theres a small chance the drivers arent installed correctly, its a friends phone) Since I have a G3 i thought the drivers would be compatible sort of an umbrella of devices by LG.
My question is: is there any way at all, to signal to the phone to power up so i can install workaround apps while the 4mm power switch arrives in the mail? I've also tried a battery pull/plug cable in combo to no avail. if theres a timing trick i'd love to know about it.
thanks all!

with phone booted in bootloader mode you can use "fastboot reboot" command and phone will boot to system .